Battle is the perfect definition for what took place at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on Saturday evening, when local Cristiano Ronaldo and his Real Madrid teammates came marching in to face-off their rivals from across town, Atletico Madrid. Both teams had much to lose and a lot on the line, but as is common in cases such as this Real, was the heavy favorite and had a...
Jacob Zuma has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony marked by prayer and air force flyovers. Leaders from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other African countries were also in attendance. Mr Zuma took the oath of office at the Union Buildings, a government complex in the...
Bamako: Armed rebels who humiliated Mali's army in a deadly offensive across the northern desert have agreed to a ceasefire after talks with African Union chairman Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a diplomatic source says. Abdel Aziz "just...
WASHINGTON: The US military is shedding European real estate including a golf course, skeet range and hotel, as well as facilities like a munitions storage facility, as it looks to save cash during a US budget crunch,...
Steve Herman Ousted Thai Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra and dozens of other political figures appear to have been detained after arriving for meetings with military leaders who took power in a coup this week. After being summoned by the army, Yingluck and others arrived at a military...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whatever investors are worried about right now, those concerns are not showing up in Wall Street's fear gauge. That scares some. On the other hand, it more than likely means that stocks will keep taking things slow and steady. The CBOE Volatility Index .VIX, or VIX, closed on...
BAMAKO: Tuareg separatist groups in Mali on Friday accepted a ceasefire agreement with the government following clashes this week that threatened to plunged the country back into war. The agreement was reached following a meeting between the chairman of the African Union and separatist groups in...
updated 5:36 PM EDT, Fri May 23, 2014 (CNN) -- A missing British yacht was found overturned with its keel broken, causing a breech in the hull, about 1,000 miles off Massachusetts, but the four-man crew is still missing, the U.S.Coast Guard said Friday. A U.S. Navy helicopter spotted the capsized...
